Newsweek - According to the latest birth data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of births across the nation climbed by a modest 1 percent from 2023 to 2024, for a total of 3,628,934 births. At the same time, the general fertility rate fell 1 percent to 53.8 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 44. Birth rates also dropped among younger women aged 15 to 34, while remaining unchanged for older age groups.
Though last year gave us a small improvement in the number of births in the U.S., historical data shows a much more dire picture. Last year, the nation's fertility rate was fewer than 1.6 kids per woman, down from 2.1 in 2006—the rate the country needs to sustain its current population levels without immigration.
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